The Stanford president’s uncomfortable shortcomings in terms of research integrity will come as no surprise to those familiar with the dynamics of scientific career progression.
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The scientific community has entrenched oligarchies. Science would be better served if they were broken up.
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Shouldn’t be we funding scientists as well as researchers?
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I’ve been thinking about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a lot in the last week… Continue reading
Scientists like to claim – rightly – that they’re free to do research into whatever takes their fancy, but getting funding for it is a different matter. Continue reading
An aversion to asking tough questions in the here and now can lead to a messier and more painful outcome in the future. Continue reading
If ever there was a word that needed reclaiming from the faux culture wars stoked by right-wing media machines, lost and wounded in an online no-man’s land of internecine strife, it is “elite”. Continue reading
We’ve already looked at the 9 types of peer reviewers, but you tend to encounter a slightly different breed when it comes grant reviews… Continue reading
A group leader carries the responsibility of securing funding for the group, but it’s a burden, not a secret. Continue reading
A thought experiment: what if career security in academia was inverted, and the positions of junior and senior faculty were reversed? Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 